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ii E MARLBORO-DEMOCRAT BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. Sr ?? . > .-T_ DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., fSnb?or|ptlon prloet One year.$1.00 Six months.50 Three months.BO PERSONAL J w Smith is spending the sum mer in the north.. W F Stevenson of Cheraw was | hore attending court yesterday. Miss Nellie Bristow of Florence is \^ ^ug her cousin, Mrs J J W S Ellerbe and L K Breeden were marshals at Spartunburg commencement. : G AV Waddill of Sumter was| I here Monday ns a witness in thc j ?Crosland- Graham case. Miss Evelyn Rogers of thc| Greenwood graded school faculty is visiting her sister, Mrs CPI Wells. Mrs Elizabeth Weatherly was received into tho Baptist church Sunday by letter from Red Springs. "-'Thc Adams House is not closod during^he absence of Mrs Adams! and Mrs Mcilveen, but is being] conducted by Mrs Rosa Breeden. H w carroll has been circulating! a petition to have the dogs in town muzzled, and it has been signed by a large number of citi zens. Miss Myrtle Bonhn of Dunbar spent Monday in town with her cousin, Miss Ethel Thomas. She was on her way to thc Ousley Ham marriage at middendorf. C E Tongue, the contractor on thc nc." road across thc swamp to Jwuaw bridge, was in town Sat pUay and says ho will soon have io rond completed. Tho. meeting at thc Baptist! chu . ii ,v iii bog m . Tri janoth?x Marlboro boy ?nu i? do , lng wflrl in his adopted home in{ the far west. K L Manship, son ol' JJ I) Manship of McColl, is manag er of an ice plant at Kingsmore, Arizona. The Murchison school faculty ?has been completed by the election lot M C Foster of Spartanburg, principal, and Miss Vivian Ford I of Rici) assistant in tho primary department. Mr Foster1 has been teaching at Greenville and Miss! 'ord at S partan burg. ll B Fuller and family leave hursday for their summer vucu on to Saratoga springs, N. Y. ftcr spending a few days there, icy will go to Montreal, Can. rom there will sail up the St. aw renee, through the Thousand . lands, westward through thc CH IC chain of lakes, stopping at I .li?rent points in the United tales and Canada, and will spend ic rcjjfaof thc summer in Chicago. JOHN M. McFALL crover Marlboro Boy Who Bas Become a Successful Teacher JR^s paper has received thc rwj^cctus of thc Donaldson Milit ry school, located at Fayetteville, C. The principals are Samuel M '.ced, tr graduate and former pro 5SSor ol' tho University of South 'arolina, and John M MeFitll. Mr M o Ku ll is former Marlboro ey, and received the scholarship . tho College ol Charleston from lis county. The prospectus has to following sketch aller his mic: JOHN MONTEITH MCFALL, A. M. ILUMIUA UNIVERSITY, NBN YORK, 1903-1904 A 1) Colh-o of Char ton; 1904-1905 Graduate Stu nt College bf Charleston; 1901 05 Professor of History and i?i in tho Charleston University hool, Charleston, S C.; 1906 07 Professor Of History and ttiii in thc Peacock Military ool, San Antonio, Texas; 1007; )8 1 I cad master ol' tho Peacock iHtai'.V School, San Antonio, t i-xas. .. . . COW KILLED BY LIGHTING Two Others in Mr. Baldwin's Sta ble Stunned. Last Tuesday morning a stroke of lightning killed a COw in a stall at W J Baldwin's, in tho eastern part of town. There wer o three cows in tl ic stall at the timo. Mr Baldwin was sitting on his back porch and saw the lightning descend. Immedi ately afterward, a yearling ran out of tho stall atid commenced turn ing mund in a dazed condition. Mr Balwin went out and found two cows lying down in tho stall. One of them was making efforts to get up. Mr Baldwin helped lici to her feet and she walked off. The other cow was dead, and showed no signs of life after Mr Baldwin got to the stall. Neither tho stall nor anything near it, except thc cow, was in jured in any way or showed any sign of the stroke of lighntning. Mr Balwin had a horse to die the night before, but it died from other causes, and was not killed by lightning, as has been reported Weak women should try Dr. Shoop's Night Cure. These soothing, healing, antiseptic suppositories go direct to the seat of these weaknesses. My "Hook No. 4 Por Women" contatins many val uable hints to women, and it is free. Ask Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. to mail it. Ask the Doctor in strictests confidence, any question you wish answered. Dr. Shoop's Night Cure is sold by Jno. T. Douglas. Clemson Agricultural College Examination. The examination for thc award of Scholarship in Clemson Agricultural College will be held in the County Court Hoiise on Friday, July 3rd. at 9 am. Applicants must fill ont proper forms, to be secured from the County Superin tendct of Education, before they will bc allowed to Stand the examinations. For detailed information apply to thc Supt. of Education or to the President of Clem son College. Applicants for admission to the college \vh? are not seeking for thc scholarships will also stand entrance examination at the court house July 3rd. The Scholarships are worth ? 100 and free tuition. The next session of college opens Sept. ng piK's after years of suffering Al ny drug store. IT'S ALWAYS BAD Thc Best of Backs Arc Bad When They Ache, and Ben netts dlle People Know lt. A bad back is always bad. Bad at night when bedtime comes, Justus, bad in tho morning. Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it? Know they euro backache euro ovory kidney ill? Mrs. R H Ham. of Cotton Mill District. Darlington, S. (J., says: " I am fooling in nob stronger and botter since I used Doan's Kidney Pills and ? do not hesi tate to recommend thom. Be fore 1 learned of thoir merit. J sugered constant' from dull, imaging backache* and terrible ffpai? throughout the kidney re gions. 1 could hardly furn in bod and mornings when 1 would arise, my back would bo so lamo and sore that I could hardly cress my self. My kidneys wore quito weak and tho passage of vre rel ions were distressing. ! used plasters and liniments bul they did not help mo and when I learned about Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a box, 1 used thom according lo directions and in rt few days the backache dis appeared and my kidneys were toting properly. 1 Kor sale by all dealers. Price V) cents. Foster-Mil burn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the ? nited States. liomember tho namo-Doans -and take no other. "Health Coffee" is really tile close Coffee hnitntihi ever vet produced.This ! lever Coffee .Substitute was recently pro duced by Dr Shoop of Racine, Wis. Not a gralll Of real Coffee in it either. Dr Shoop's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains with malt nuts etc. Really it would fool an expert who might drink il for Coffee. No 20or 30 minutes tedious boiling "Made in a minute" says the doc tor Sold by R D Rogers & Ibo. Thc Best Pi??s Ever Sold "After doctoring IS years for chronic indigestion, and spending over two hun dred dollars, nothing has done mc as mach good as or. King's New Dife Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold:" writes 15 F Ayscuo, of Ingleside, N. C. Sold umler guarantee at Douglas & bree den drug store. 25c. RECITAL BY HONE GIRLS ASSISTED BY MISS URMA WEBSTER OF BOSTON A Peculiar Treat in Store for Ben* nettsville People Wednes day Evening. There will be a recital at thc Murchison school auditorium on Wednesday evening, july 1 which will bo of peculiar interest to thc people of Bennetts vi ile and sur rounding country, not only on ac count pf the high grade of the en tertainment, but on account of thc following young ladies who will take part: Miss Urina Webster, reader; Miss Clara Pearson, voca list; Miss Grace Mitehcll, pianist. Tho hist two are Bcnnettsville girls who have taken the highest stands in music. They both grad uated at Columbia College, the one making a specialty of vocal and thc other instrumental music. They were distinguished in their departments, and have charmingly entertained public and private au diences in Columbia and elsewhere. While Miss Webster is not a Marlboro girl, she has many rel atives and friends in this county, whom she is now visiting. She is a daughter of thc late Dr Webster of Wilmington, and has taken a course in the Emerson college of Oratory, Boston, Mass. She is a reader of raro endowments and ? training. She has publicly recited in several towns, where she has i been most highly complimented, land she has ol ten charmed her friends by her recitations in priv ate homes, lier recitals consist of dialect readings, monologues,negro I and Irish impersonations. I Tickets aro on sale at Douglas CANDIDATES u Candidates cards arc published from date of iascrtiou till tho election for five dollars, cash in advance. AUDIT! >K 1 hereby announce myself a candi dato for reappointment to thc ellice of County auditor, subject to thc ac tion of the Democratic primary. A-D .1 1? Campbell. SI I Ki "IKK l hereby announce mysell as a can didate for Sherill of Marlboro County subject to tho results of thc Demo cratic primary. A-i) W r Rogers. 1 am a candidate for thc olllce of sherill' of Marlboro county, subject to tho rules and result of Lite approach ing Democratic primary, A-h K .1 Woodley. SUPEKVISt >1{ I hereby announce myself a candi date for thc. olllce of County supervi sor, subject to thc action of the Den. oe ratio prima iv. A-D ? D Graham, I hen by announce my candidacy for reelection to tho ellice of Suporvi sor of Marlboro county subject to thc results of the Democrat ic primary. A-D Frank Manning, ?ir. TUKASUBKR I hereby announce mysell a candi date for County Treasurer, subject to thc action of the Democratic primary. A-D c\V Crosland. CLICK? OV C< >UUT I hereby announce myself a candi dato, for clerk of Court, subject to the action of thc Democratic primary. A-D John ll Thomas. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Clerk of Court, subject to oho action of thc Democratic primary. A-D .loll' D Kdc.ns. I hereby annonce myself a can didato for clerk of court,subject Lo t he action of thc Democratic primary. A-D Tom c Hamer. I hereby announce, myself a candi date for re-election to thc OfllCC of Clerk of Court, subject to thc Demo cratic primary. A-D .1 A Drake. CONGRESS I announce myself a candidate for Congress from thc sixth district, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic primary. A-D PA Hodge*. UNITED STATES SENATE I bog to announce my candidacy for tho United States Senate in the ap proaching Democratic Primary, and 1 respectfully solicit tho support of the Democratic voters of the State. IA.D. u. ci. Rhett. Town of Bennetisville, S. C. For Year Ending April 30, IS 09. An Ordinance for the purpose of raising funds to pay current expenses and ex isting indebtedness of the Town of Ik-nncttsville, S. C., by requiring tho payment of a License Tax for Hie year 1908. by persons or corporations en gaged or intending to engage in any calling, business, occupation or pro1 fessioh, in whole or in part, in said Town as may heroin be specified, and to provide a penalty for neglect or re fusal to pay such License Tux: Whereas, the. present revenue of tho town of Hcnncttsville from the taxation of property, and other sources, is inade quato to pay nil of the current expenses .md deina nd obligations of the Town and Whereas, by act of thc General As sembly of South Carolina, the cities und towns of said state, are authorized an nually to require the payment of such reasonable sum' or sums of money tis n License Tax, by any person or persons ir corporation engaged or intending to .ingage in any calling, business or occu pation in whole or part within the said .ilios or towns in said state, except min isters of the gospel ?nd teachers, and to ,>ass such Ordinances ns are necessary to carry the provisions of the said act into effect. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power thus granted to us and for the purpose of increasing the revenue of the Town to a sutUeient amount. be it ordained hy thc Mayor and al lernten of tho town of Denbettsville and ?>y authority of the same. Section I. That any person or persons ir corporations, engaged in any calling, business profession or occupation, in \vholc or i- 1 '"Whin the limits of the Town of 1 , as may hereafter bo spec)fl tain on or before 1st day of a license there tor in tl Hereinafter proverb '>od. An persons or eorpor 11ion cor r intending to com mchce br id Town on or after the 1st d 1908 shall in like mumer CUSO therefor, before .Mitering calling, business, professii liions, as are herein liter sp Sec. ny person or persons ir corp? Igcd in or intending to engaj ailing, business, pro fesi?n i n for which a license is requit ply to the Clerk and Treason own of bennettsvillc for thc > 'ibm all such licenses dial) ho . shall ?it ti.o ii.?., -f _. ... t^iihiigj uusiness, profession or occupation for which license is re quired. Mid. The placo where such calling, business, profession or occupation is to he ( a t ried on, Whereupon the clerk and Treasurer shall, upon payment of the proper tax, issn.- tho required license, Nothing here in contained shall in any manner affect any <ither requirement of law elsewhere enacted or ordained in regard to any calling, business, profession or occupa tion. s.e. m. lt' any person or persons or corporation shall exercise or carry on .my calling, business profession or occu pation, tor the exercise, carrying on ot doing of which a license is required hy this ordinance, without taking out a li cense, than sueh person or p e r s o n s or e o r p or alio n shall, in addition to the license tax, be subject to a penalty ol' twenty percent of thc amount of such license tax, which ta\ and penalty shall be recovered in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and if any person or persons or corporation re quired so to do by the tenus of this or dinance shall refuse or neglect to make out, ami deliver lo the Clerk and Treas urer of tue 'town of bennett-ville on or before the time herein required the slate nient provided for by Section ll of this Ordinance, or shall make a false Mate rnent or shall refuse to take and sub scribe an oath or allirinalion as to tho truth of -nih statements, or any part I lie; cot, or from any cause shalt fail to take out such license as may be requir ed by this ordinance, the said Clerk and Treasurer shall report the ease to the Mayor, who shall proceed to ascertain as nearly as possible the business of such person or persons or corporation, tor which he, she, they or it may be liable to a license tax therefor, and in COSO of default, for l he pllrpOSC of such ill1 vost iga Hon the said Clerk and Treasurer shall notify the person, pei80119 or corpo ration in default to appear before the Mayor at his ofllco at a time stated in said notice, and also such other person or persons as said Clerk and Treasurer may desire to examine, and thc parly sought to be charged with said license tax, if he shall attend, together with any witness called as aforesaid, shall be ex mn i ned by the Mayor under oath or nf (lunation touching the nature of the business of Mich party and everything which may evince tho amount of license tax for which such party shall be liable. Prom the information thus acquired the Mayor shall find and assess the amount of license tax due by such party, wheth er he, she or it. may have attended the investigation or not, and shall add there to a penalty of 20 per cent thereof; and should such license tax mid penalty tu not paid within ten days thereafter, the said Clerk and Treasurer shall issue an execution therefor under his hand and tho seal of the Town of iJciinottsvillo directed to the Sheriff of Marlboro Coun ty, in said State, aha* tho said Sheriff tax and penalty by levy and sale of real and personal property as now provided by law, for the collection of taxes; together with an additional five per cent of tho whole amount, which shall bo the Sherill's compensation for making such collection in addition to one dollar for making sueh levy, which shall be paid by Hie delinquent without entry or mileage fees; Provided, however, that any per son, or corporation shall havc^ the right of appeal i<* thc Town Council of Bcnncttsville (notice of sueh appeal hav ing been given to the (Merk and Treasur er within live days from the time at which sueh assessment of license and penalty shall have been made) and upon hearing sueh appeal the said Council shall make such order therein as shall seem just and proper, and provided fur ther, that, in lieu of thc remedy above in this section set forth to enforce pay ment, an action or actions may be brought by the Town of Bcnncttsville in any cc art of competent jurisdiction for the recorery of said license tax and the penalties thereon, and provided fur ther that any person, persons or corpora tion who shall carry on, or attempt to carry on, any calling, business, profes sion or occupation without a license as herein required or who shall neglect or refuse to give the information required or to answer such questions as may bc required or who shall fail to attend be fore the Mayor to be examined by him when so required, ns provided in Sections ll and III, of this Ordinance, may be deemed guilty of a violation thereof be fore the Mayor or Council, may be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days. Sec. IV. That all licenses granted un der this ordinance shall be posted in a conspicuous ' place, except in case of vehicles fer hire, which vehicles shall have placed upon them metal badges, with the number of badge and the li cense year marked thereon, such badges lo be furnished by the Clerk and Treas urer upon payment of the license tax. Puilarc to keep such a badge upon such vehicle shall subject the person owning or using the same to a penalty of not I more than thc dollars or imprisonment for not more than ten days upon convic tion thereof. Thc licenses granted under this ordinance shall at all times be sub ject to inspection by any officer of the Town of Bcnncttsville, and no calling profession or occupation shall be carried on elsewhere than at the place named in the 1?C0I18G therefor, unless authority be granted by the Clerk and Treasurer, which authority shall be endorsed on the license. Sec. V. All lice?????? ~i v:y> - cord ol ?ill licenses issued, and all monies received therefor, which money shall be applied in payment of current ex penses and existing indebtedness of the Town of Bennet tsville, ami for no other pin pose. Sic VII. Tin- following sum or sums . if money are required to be paid to the said Clerk and Treasurer for r. license io carry on nny basin s, calling, profes sion ur occupation, in whole or in port, within tlie limits of the Town of Ben net tsville, as in such case specifically ap pears, viz: Collection <>f Kents, &c, ..? 5 00 Kxpress Com])mies or Agencies .CS 00 [usuranee, Kire, Accident, Hail and Live Stock Co 5 00 Life I usu rance Co's each 10 00 Hilliard, Pool or Bagatelle each 50 Ot) Pawn Brokers, e.ich per y ear 25 0U Plying Jennies, steam or horse riding galleries per day >? .per week Sit) 00 icc deniers, retail, per year, 5 00 Side of Sewing .Mai hines, Organs, Pianos, when not in connection with other business lu 00 Laundries or Agencies 2 ,">o Patent Rights of any kind ll) 00 Telegraph Companies or Agencies 15 00 Contractors, per year ."> 00 Contractors doing their own work pay no license Lightning Rod Agents, per year 5 00 Tin shops per year .'> 00 Bakery, per year 5 00 Brokers, Mdse, per year or less 10 00 Cabinet .Makers, per year 5 00 Bulling Works, per year 5 00 Restaurants, charging not over 25 cents per meal, per year 5 00 Restaurants charging over 25 cents per meal, per year 7 50] Bill Posters, per day 1 00 howling Alleys, each per month, 5 Ut) Bicycle Kepa ir Shops, per year 5 00 Bill Posters, per year 10 00 Dealers in fresh meats, beef, mutton pork, goat, tish shipped into thc county 10.00 ?.Hotels, not charging over $1 per day. per year 5 00 Hotels, not charging over $1.50 per day, per yoair 7 50 Hotels, not charging over $2 per day, per year 10 00 Skating rinks, 10 00 Auctioneers per year or less time 10 00 Exhibitions, traveling theatrical, musical, art or others, for gain, per day or night 2 50 Lunch Tables, or selling cooked food on streets, per day 1 00 Kerosene or other Oil Co's 50 00 Architects, per year io 00 Plu moors poi1 year GOO Dog License, each dog per year 1 00 Lawyers, each, 10 00 Doctors, each, 10 00 Livery and Feed Stables, per yea* 10 00 ?Livery Business, nt lier t lian livery sim ll proceed to collect thc said license stables for biro, one horse team 2 00 two horse team, 3 00 All Boarding Houses, engaged in the business of keeping boarders, whether regular or transient per year G 00 barber Shops, per chair per year 2 00 Piano Tuners 5 00' Peddle rs or agents soliciting pho tographs, lithograph pictures, &c, for enlarging or copying, pr week 5 00 PcddlnrS offering for salo any kind of mdse, to consumers, per week 6 00 Telephone Long Distance 10 00' Planing Mills, not in connection with other works, 10 00 Iron Works, 10 00 Real Estate Agents 5 00 blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, cither or both 5 00 Shoe and harness shop, or either 5 00 Traveling dealers offering different kinds mdse, notions or articles per day G Q0 Cotton Seed Buyers, per year 10 00 Dealers in Horses or Mules, 35 ?0 Dealers in Patent or other medi cines on streets, pjr day G 00 Marble and Granite Works 10 00 Telephone Exchanges 50 00 Dealers, Automobile Agents for 20 00 Occulist per year 10 00 Occulist, per week 5 00 Undertakers, per year, 10 00 Ali tailors cleaning and repairing clothes 5 0f> Dentists, each 10 00 Drays, Wagons, 1 horse per year 2 50 Drays, Wagon, 2 horse per year G 00 Cotton Buyers, each per year 10 00 Hanks, from one to $10,000 10 00 banks, from ten to $25,000 25 00 Hanks, from 25,000 to 50,000 50 00 Hanks from $50,000 to $100,000 75 00 Manufacturing farm implements 10 00 Loan and Trust Companies, 15 00 Traveling Book agents, per year 5 00 ["raveling Fruit Tree agents Selling or delivering, per year 5 00 Resident Mbntogrnphers per year 5 00 Non-resident Photographers pr year 5 00 lewelry not in connection with other other business 5 00 Agents for Stoves, Ranges and other household articles per year 10 00 Up County Wagons occupying pub lic square, per day 1 00 Railroad Companies entering the town, capitalized at ?250,000 or less, per year 50 00 Railroad Companies entering thc town, capitalized at over $250, 000, per year 100 00 Merchants doini' business les*thou vb. hid la .ii each ?10,000 ?wi lei up t mn including >0,00s)pe' 50c iViid ph ' ll ii . Villon 1 sales up to ainl i i ?ii?'ii ?< i?l 000 ncr 1000 2'?c. . ii .??."_ -i?OjUy'U per ?J?u 10c. On less than 10,000 per year 5 00 Cotton tanneries, each 25 00 Jil Mills, each 25 00? Circus, or show, or animal exhibi tion per day or loss, in thc dis cretion of the Mayor from $5 to 100 00 building and Loan Association lo 00 Fach and every newspaper 7 50 Joli printing not in connection with newspaper 5 00 l andy Manufacturers G CO Merchant tailors soliciting from consumers, lier year 5 00 Coal and wood yard, not in con nection with other, business, 5 00 Iee Cream, Soda water. Lemonade and bruit stands, oil street per day 1 00 Sec. VIII. That wherever in this or dinance the terms person, persons, cor poration or party is used, the same shall include not only the principals, hut in their absence shall include any agent, clerk or other employee, such agent, managing the calling, business,, profes sion or occupation respectively referred to and generally where a license is here in imposed for the carrying on of any calling, business, profession or occupation and the same is carried on by any agent, clerk or employee shall be subject to thc penalties herein imposed, should the calling, business, profession or occupa tion he carried on without taking out Blich licer.se, ill the same manner as it he, she or they was or were the pro prietor or proprietors of the said calling,, business, profession or occupation. See. ?X. That this Ordinance shall' take effect on and from the 1st day ot May, A. D. 1908, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent here with are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council this the 20tli day of June, 1908. A L Hamer, City Clerk, L J breeden, Mayor. Tired nerves with thai "no ambition"' feeling that is commonly felt in spring or early summer, can be easily and cpdckly altered by taking what is known to druggists everywhere as Dr, .Shoop's Restorative. One will absolutely note a changed feeling within 48 hours after beginning to take thc Restorative. The bowels get sluggish in the winter-time, circulation often slows Up, the kidneys are inactive, and even the Heart hi many cases grows decidedly weaker. Dr. ShoOp'S Restorative is recognized every where as a genuine tonic lo these vital organs. It builds up and strengt hens the worn-out weakened nerves; it sharp ens the failings appetite, and universal ly aids digestion. It always tpiickly brings renewed strength, life, vigor, and ambition. Try it and bc convinced. Sold by Jno. T. Douglas.